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everyone knows heart telling tales that get a dog's tail wagging after being rescued from abuse and so the same for cats and other animals that grew up or were forced to grow up on the shady side of town not meaning out of the sun but without love so lizards and birds and turtles were told that that's life as Sinatra croons his song on and on but this has become an everyday event but what about in dismay that christian day of present's presence depending on one's families economic state where poison is wrapped to open to release in the land of well to do bigger then the life's symbolic tree yet as festive festive can only be so long and we don't share needles so it's that tree that must go even though less then one foot tall give it the boot but know you're doing the right thing be cause you're re cycling so on top once a star now it is the star of garbage waiting for the truck to be picked up but be thrown out with all the other stuff but while driving by my wife spied a shiver of green meaning there must be life told to pull over as she ran over and coming back coddling an ever green shhhhh everything will be well while crossing herself she crossed our house's threshold and sealed the deal until the ringing of spring we found ourselves around a shovel made hole to hold but not bury though either way that free dom was there for that tree for now it stands taller then you or even oddly me

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Date: 12/4/2019 12:35:00 PM
Hello Jeff Connelly, it is such a lovely poem about a tree. I enjoyed it. have a nice day my friend.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 12/5/2019 7:29:00 AM
Hello Jeff you are welcome. Haave a nice day my friend.
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/4/2019 2:36:00 PM
Thank you from one tree hugger to another Darlene.
Date: 12/4/2019 8:23:00 AM
I love this.
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/4/2019 12:31:00 PM
I'm going to look for such a tree after the season wraps up.
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/4/2019 9:06:00 AM
We had our first light snow this morning. The story behind this poem is totally true. How my first wife rescued a thrown out Christmas tree. It's hard to explain her not so much transformation back into natural things. Thanks so very much Maureen.
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/4/2019 8:59:00 AM
Thank you Maureen. I wanted to show a photo of how that tree looks now.

Book: Shattered Sighs